Plate or platter



(N0 Model.)

W- 0. GASKILL PLATE 0B, PLATTER UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

VILLIAM C. GASKILL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

PLATE OR PLATTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,526, dated November20, 1894. Application filed October 24, 1893. Serial Nc.489.022. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM O. GAsKILL, of Kansas City, Jackson county,Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plates orPlatters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

My invention relates to plates or platters, and has for its object toproduce, as a new article of manufacture, a dish provided withreceptacles for all of the articles which go to form the usual dinner orother meal served in restaurants.

With this object in View, my invention consists in its peculiar andnovel construction, and combination of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed. v

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with 4reference to the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure l, is a plan view of a plate or platter constructed inaccordance with my invention. Fig. 2, is a vertical sectional view takenon the line :v1-fc of Fig. l. Fig. 3, is a vertical transverse sectionalview, taken on the line 'y-g/ of Fig. l. Fig. 4, is a verticaltransverse sectional view taken on thelineemel of Fig. l. Fig. 5, is aninverted plan View of the detachable soup bowl. Fig. 6, is a detailperspective view of a slightly modified form of the same. Fig. 7, is adetail perspective view of a portion of the dish, and showingit formedto receive the soup bowl shown in Fig. 6.

My invention is designed particularly for use in restaurants, chophouses, doc., where a regular dinner or other meal is served to allguests, and where lost time is a serious inconvenience.

As is well known, where the ordinary sidedishes are used, it oft-timeshappens that the waiter fails to supply the guest with one or another ofthe articles, because being in a rush, and having his tray iilled withdishes he does not notice the omission, and leaves the guest just servedto supply another. When the guest first served notices the omission, theWaiter usually is beyond recall, and some time elapses before the guestis supplied with the missing article, be it what it may.

insuring to every guest in one serving,every article of the dinner orother meal, and the proper supply of spoons, knife and fork, and napkin.

Referring now to the drawings, Where similar letters refer tocorresponding parts in all the figures, a plate or platter formed of theusual dishware, or other suitable material, consists of a meatreceptacle A, a bread plate or receptacle B, vegetable receptacles C, areceptacle D, to receive a glass of Water, and a cup of coffee or other'liquid, a butter receptacle F, a receptacle G, for spoons, knife andfork and napkin, and a receptacle I-I for a small cream pitcher or jug.These various receptacles, are arranged preferably as shown, the liquidreceptacle and the receptacle for knife and fork, dto., being preferablyat the right and left respectively, of the meat-receptacle A; but it isto be understood, I do not limit myself to any particular arrangement ornumber of receptacles. The inner wall of each receptacle preferablyconverges down- Ward in the manner usual to dishes corresponding to thevarious receptacles, so that the articles maybe easily removedtherefrom.

The bottom of the receptacle G, is preferablyinclined upwardly atg, tocause the knife, fork and spoons to rest in an inclined position, andbear at their forward ends against the inner end-wall g', of saidreceptacle. By thus supporting these articles they are preventedslipping from position should the dish or platter be supported slightlyout of a horizontal plane.

The liquid receptacle D, is provided with a recess or cavity d, toreceive any water or other liquid spilled or overflowed from. the glassorcup. By thus aifordinga drain for the water, the chances of injury tothe diners apparel, are lessened.

In order to provide a temporary receptacle for soup, and for crackers, Iform a bowlI with the forwardly projecting and integral arm J. This bowlis adapted to rest upon the meatreceptacle at its inner right handcorner, and is arranged so that the arm .I -shall project forwardly tothe front margin or wall of the meatreceptacle as shown clearly inFig. 1. The arm J when thus arranged, forms a sub-re- My inventionobviates this loss of time, by I IOO and d', of the meat-receptacle, andthe bev- 7 eled or inclined side Lis provided with a projection l whichenters a correspondingly shaped notch Z of the wall a, and the forwardend of the arm J which` is beveled at itsl uinder side at j, is alsoprovided with a projection j whichenterse.cor-rospondiingly'shaped notchor recess jg, of the inner beveled side a? of the front wall of themeat' receptacle. By thisarraugement, it will.` be seen thatt-he soupbowl tits snugly between the front?v and back walls, and is thusvprevented from".n slipping forward7 orl backwardand by having theprojections entering the correspondingly shaped notches, of the-plateorreceptacle, is.

prevented having any accidental lateral displacement. Iy mayprefer,however, todispe-nse with the cracker receptacle, as a bowfl of crackersisgenerally within convenient reach of allgiuests. Therefore it willbenecessary or desirable that I provide othermeans for preventing theaccident-al displacement of the soup bowl, wh-ichlin thiscasey will-notbeprovided with the arm J. In thisinstance, the bow-l will be providedwith'v a depending portion preferably rectangular, asfshown at z", andthis portion will fit snug-ly within a correspond-i-ngly shaped. recessi', whichwillr be .formed in the right hand inner corner'of themeat-receptacle, asvclearly shown in Eig-7.

In practice, it will be an advantagetohave one person or more if."necessary to supply thesedishes. or plates with ther-necessaryartic1es,so that all thefiwaiters will have to do will be sim-ply tocarry them to the various guests.

Should one. of theV dishes orreceptaclesbe overlooked by the personsupplying the:

dishes, it will be at once noted by the Waiter, and can be renrredied`before conveyed'tothe guest, so4 that it will not be necessary to maketwo trips for any one person. The use of these dishes will not onlyprevent loss of time y by having to make more than one trip for adin-ner;` but will allow-a single waiter to do the work of from three tofive, where the several independent side dishes are employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent', is-

I. A dish, divided by partitions into various food receptacles, and areceptacle for napkin,

spoons, knife and fork, which is open at its f ront end, and. haszth'ebottomat its: frontend exte ndiiaxrg;,oblicpu'elyY upward as at g,substantialliy as and for the purpose' set forth` 2f Adislr, dividedlay-partit-ions-i-ntovarious foody receptacles,in co m'binationfWithasoup'- bowl resting' in one of said receptacles, and

having-an arm exit-ending;` tothelfironztwall of the dish, andsubdividing theesaid. receptacle to form a.- cracke r-receptacle,substantially as setl forth.

3. A,V dis-ln, comprisinga receptacle. having an annular wall' notched.;at'. two points in its side, and asoup-bowlwithin said receptacle,having a projection engaging oneV offV said notches, .and an armprojecting fromztheisoupbowl: haw/Ying, a projection engaging*the othernotch, substantially assetforth.

4. A dish, divided:by'partitionsintowvarious food-receptacles, areceptacle openingfat'the rimof the dish: and having its-bottom atl thispoint inclined-,and a. receptacle; forV a glass and a cup, having adrain cavity lin its bottom, in combination with asoupA bowl removably.occupyingionefend ooneof` the receptacles, substantially as. setfort-l1".

Inftest-imony whereof L affix mysignaturefin presence of two witnesses',

WILLIAM C; GASKILL.

Witnesses:

MAUD Flrzrarnion, G. Y. 'FH-oars'.

